Privideniye, kotoroye ne vozvrashchayetsya (1929)

Director:

Abram Room

Writers:

Henri Barbusse (novel), Valentin Turkin

Stars:

Boris Ferdinandov, A. Filipov, Karl Gurniak

Cast

Credited cast:
Boris Ferdinandov	...	Jose Real
A. Filipov	...	Le fils de Jose
Karl Gurniak	...	Le membre du comité
E. Jakovski	...	Le fonctionnaire
Dmitri Kara-Dmitriyev	...	Le chef des agents
Ivan Lavrov	...	Le père de Jose
A. Repine	...	Le Coq
Maksim Shtraukh	...	L'argent
V. Terekov	...	L'ouvrier
Dmitri Vvedensky	...	Le directeur de prison
Leonid Yurenyov	...	Le surveillant chef
Olga Zhiznyeva	...	Clémence, sa femme

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Also Known As:

The Ghost That Does Not Return

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sovkino

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min 67 min (1968 restored)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Soviet Silent Cinema's Virtues

Herr José Real has been imprisoned during the last ten years in a South Amerikan country. The convicts, suffering through long punishment, are granted a single day of leave in order to pay a visit to their families. Due to the revolutionary José Real's character, he decides to use that day of leave to organize a worker's movement against the invading oil companies that are settled in his country.

"Privideniye, kotoroye ne vozvrashchayetsya" (The Ghost That Never Returns) it is another important film directed by Herr Abram Room. This film it another good example of Soviet silent cinema's virtues and… Herr Room's mastery, natürlich! This is especially true in the use of astonishing camera angles that gives the film an extraordinarily vigorous film narrative and a stylized and thrilling visual importance: the train scenes, José's departure or the beautiful and emotive shots of José's wife in the town when she receives the notification of her husband's one day freedom (sometimes even the Russians shows something similar to sensibility…) Somewhat reminiscent of German Expressionism (the oppressive prison and the workers' submission while there), the superb and remarkable editing are important merits those that made "Privideniye…" another excellent Herr Room oeuvre at the end of the glorious Soviet silent era.

And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must explain to his subjects why servants of the aristocracy have no right to even a single day of leave.